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  • From: "Mills Apple Farm" <millsapl@fgi.net>
  • To: <nafex@egroups.com>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] hole digging
  • Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 17:26:05 -0600

You might consider borrowing a Christmas tree planter . Advantages are 1.
You don't have a clay pot as Ed described. 2. You don't have to root prune
to get the tree in its allotted space which is a big plus during dry
summers. 3. Planting goes a lot faster.4. You will not lose any trees from
sitting too long in a hole full of water which can happen even if you did
crumble in the sides.

Disadvantages are 1. It is virtually inpossible to get trees planted in a
perfect grid, if that is your thing. 2. Mice sometimes get down into the
bottom of the slot and use it for a run. Pressing the trees in with a
tractor front wheel takes care of most of this problem. 3. You'll have to
follow up and straighten the trees. Tree planters seldom leave trees
exactly as you want them.

I have clay soil too and I have both a post hole digger and tree planters I
wouldn't consider planting trees in a drilled hole. Tree planters are simple
to make if you have any kind of a shop.
-----Original Message-----
From: pinewoodel@hotmail.com <pinewoodel@hotmail.com>
To: nafex@egroups.com <nafex@egroups.com>
Date: Saturday, January 20, 2001 8:58 AM
Subject: [nafex] hole digging


>just did an archive search and found nothing relevant.... ive got 200
>holes to dig for trees this spring in our heavy clay. Was able to
>borrow once a Gravely garden tractor with a hole digging attachment.
>Its a rorary drill for planting , digs a hole about 16" wide and 16"
>deep.Its advantage is that it grinds up the clay. If i had the
>physical stamina and was built like a gorilla i could consider hand
>digging but the clay would come out in spade size blocks, not so nice
>for roots. Graveleys are a heavy duty machine and not every one knows
>they make a hole digger. However my only other option at present is to
>find a way to attach an old 9" post hole auger i bought to the loader
>of my farmall M tractor ( they don't have 3 pt. hitches). Has anyone
>seen a post hole auger fited to a loader of a tractor? I figure with
>this configuration i could drill multiple holes and break up the
>clay.How do you all dig holes? minnesota del
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